A New York State DOT front loader moves some salt to a waiting salter in preparation for the storm forecast by the National Weather Service at the terminal Wednesday March 7, 2018 in Latham, N.Y. (SkipA New York State DOT front loader moves some salt to a waiting salter in preparation for the storm forecast by the National Weather Service at the terminal Wednesday March 7, 2018 in Latham, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Erin Waterhouse of Albany takes a walk with daughter and her dog Mandy during a snowstorm on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)

The Capital Region can expect scattered rain and snow showers Friday afternoon, but unlike the nor'easter that passed through the area Wednesday and Thursday, the snow is unlikely to stick.

The two-day storm, the second major one in a week, coated the region with anywhere from 4 to 25 inches of snow, with the highest totals recorded in Columbia County. At the Albany International Airport, the snowfall total topped out at just under a foot — 11.6 inches.

The late-in-the-winter snowfall weighed heavily on tree branches and brought down power lines around the region, leaving roughly 12,800 National Grid customers in eastern New York without power. By Thursday evening, all but 360 customers had had their power restored.

"Our crews are trying to get through to damaged poles in the middle of the woods and replace lines, so hopefully those last few customers should be restored overnight," said National Grid spokesman Nathan Stone Thursday afternoon.

The storm began in earnest around noon Wednesday and continued through the night before letting up Thursday morning with mild temperatures above freezing. Some school districts, many of them in Rensselaer County, let school out early Wednesday and delayed the start of classes Thursday.

National Weather Service Meteorologist John Quinlan said the hardest hit area of the Northeast was actually southern Vermont, where the town of Woodford recorded a whopping three feet of snow.

Snow totals for storm Wednesday, March 8, through Thursday morning, March 9, 2018.

In Rensselaer County, where snowfall totals ranged from 8.7 inches to 20 inches, members of the Troy branch of the Capital District Democratic Socialists of America spent Thursday evening clearing out sidewalks and curb cuts around Troy's North Central neighborhood.

"We're doing what landlords and the city should be doing — keeping our sidewalks safe," said branch Chair Matthew Sekellick. "Residents are forced to walk in traffic by businesses that ignore the law and a city that doesn't enforce it."

Matthew Sekellick, chair of the Troy Branch of the Capital District Democratic Socialists of America, called on the city of Troy to enforce city code requiring landlords and business owners to clear their sidewalks by 10 a.m. the morning following a snow storm. He says the code is not enforced equally across the city, especially in the North Central neighborhood. (Bethany Bump / Times Union)
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Temperatures Friday are expected to reach into the mid-30s. Clouds may give way to scattered rain and snow showers, with the chance of precipitation around 40 percent.

"We're not expecting much in the way of additional accumulations," he said.

The weekend should start off cloudy, Quinlan said, and clear up a little as Saturday goes on, with temperatures in the low to mid-20s. Sunday will be mostly sunny with high temperatures around 40 degrees.

Another snow storm is expected to hit the mid-Atlantic region on Monday and Tuesday, but as of Thursday it was forecast to pass south of the Capital Region, he said.